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This arrangement of a traditional South African prayer remains true to the original performance practices of the South African people. Scored for unaccompanied choir with percussion, and featuring a...view details

Here's a fabulous festival piece for a cappella choirs! Dubula is a folk song of the Xhosa people of South Africa, and this arrangement really captures the authentic boisterous style of the original!...view details

This unique a cappella work captures the drama of the survival of the Sudanese people during the famine of the 1980s. "Ease my spirit, ease my soul, please free my hands from this barren soil. Ease my mother,...view details

This a cappella setting of a traditional South African praise song just bursts with joyful energy! Full of dynamic contrasts, exciting percussion and a wide range of layered vocal textures, this is an...view details

This popular worship song from Kenya can be performed in a variety of ways: by adding movement while singing, incorporating percussion instruments into the performance, or as a processional. Opening with a...

Now available for women's voices, this popular French chanson relates the gossipy conversation of a pair of French housewives as they chatter about their husbands. Dance-like phrases echo back and forth along...view details

The music of East Africa reflects the joyful spirit of its people, as demonstrated in these three selections from Tanzania and Kenya, collected and arranged by ethnomusicologist and educator Tim Gregory. These...view details

A unique and entertaining number for a cappella voices! All the natural charm of the popular Russian folksong comes through in this outstanding arrangement, which includes a pronunciation guide and excellent...view details

Great Haitian rhythms and harmonies and a text about "harmonizing life's activities" - dance being one - make this a uniquely rewarding concert or festival selection. An IPS pronunciation guide and translation...view details

What a stunning choral timbre this creates! Based on a panpipe melody from Ecuador, this extraordinary work is unaccompanied except for shakers and vibraslap. Sung entirely to the syllables doo, lie, li, la,...view details

Here's an arrangement of a traditional Mexican song that will require some work, but will be well worth the effort! Set at a very fast tempo, with some tricky syncopations, complete with yips, yelps and "ai...view details

Similar to the superstitious "Friday the Thirteenth," "Tuesday the Thirteenth" is considered to be the day of bad luck in Spanish-speaking countries, which is clearly illustrated in this proverb ("Don't get...

This traditional greeting/salutation song of the Kwangali and Sotho people, with authentic call and response vocals, djembe, bass drum and shakers will be easily learned and a singer and audience favorite!...view details

This colorful work from the Philippines portrays the soundscape of the Cordilleras, a mountainous region in the northern part of the country. Opening with a peaceful chant, representing the rice fields at...

This Filipino or Visayan folksong is a song of joy and love. George Hernandez, conductor of the Saringhimig Singers based in San Francisco, has captured the native flavor in this rousing arrangement....

A very rhythmic work, with rapid articulations, this is an exciting showcase for a cappella choirs. Written by a well-known Brazilian composer, it has a distinctive Latin American feeling that will really...view details

This energetic, uplifting work fuses the rhythms of African, American and Latin cultures, and uses a text primarily in Swahili but interspersed with phrases in Spanish. Supported by shaker, djembe and agogo...

An outstanding cross-cultural feature! With percussion as the only accompaniment (included in the octavo), this arrangement of the Cuban folk song is a vibrant, exciting salute to our Caribbean neighbors. The...view details

An irresistible a cappella arrangement of an authentic Sotho folk song!Solid choral harmonies and infectious rhythms (supported with optionalpercussion patterns) create a backdrop for special features by the...view details

Now available for women's voices, Viva La Musica! is a wonderful theme for any concert. This exuberant work opens with a strong, bold, unison exclamation, vividly expressing the text and musical idea....view details